Category Archives: science fiction

WIRED: Is Being a Geek a Personality Trait or a Way of Life?

August 9th, 2010 | Posted in fan cultures, fantasy, geek cultures, science fiction

There is an interesting post that came to my attention today while checking my daily Google searches for topics related to the fantastic. The source for the post is in the WIRED blog “GeekDad.” The article is by Curtis Silver is titled “Is Being a Geek a Personality Trait or a Way of Life?”. In […]

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Ray Bradbury: God, Monsters and Angels

August 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Ray Bradbury, religion, science fiction

CNN Living included a feature on legendary science fiction writer Ray Bradbury which revealed a surprising aspect of the author’s life and writing inspiration. The title of the article is “Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury on God, ‘monsters and angels’”. In the piece Bradbury describes himself as a man of religious faith, although not one to […]

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Documentary: Monsters from the Id

August 2nd, 2010 | Posted in 1950s, science fiction

As regular readers of this blog are aware, I am a huge fan of 1950s science fiction/horror, those films that had an early formative influence on my love for the fantastic. In reading through a science fiction magazine today I came across a documentary that makes interesting use of these films as it argues for […]

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Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films

July 28th, 2010 | Posted in cultural studies, Joseph Campbell, myths, science fiction, Star Wars

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. With it came a lot of television programming related to the Star Wars series of films, and one included commentary from the editors and contributors to Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films: Essays on the Two Trilogies (Critical Explorations in Science […]

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i09: Why Won’t Christian Publishers Take on Science Fiction?

June 29th, 2010 | Posted in Christianity, science fiction

The science fiction website i09, recently included an article titled “Christian readers demand more science fiction. Why won’t Christian publishers listen?”. With this post I’d like to suggest some answers. This article, by Charlie Jane Anders, introduces the subject matter with reference to three separate articles, the first by StephanieP, a Catholic, who argues in […]

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Science and Theological Imagination in Science Fiction

June 24th, 2010 | Posted in religion, science fiction, theology

My daily search for all things fantastic in popular culture resulted in my stumbling upon an announcement for an intriguing conference on Science and Theological Imagination in Science Fiction: Science fiction is a twentieth-century invention. In it writers and readers try to imagine life in a context wider than our present — perhaps requiring as […]

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Do the Wrong Kind of People Like SPLICE?

June 13th, 2010 | Posted in horror, science fiction, Splice

While I haven’t been able to catch a showing of Splice yet in theaters, I have kept up with the reviews and commentary. There have been a few exceptions, but most of the commentary has been very positive. This is especially the case with Steve Biodrowski’s review at Cinefantastique Online, a reviewer and website with […]

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Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties: The 21st Century Edition

June 9th, 2010 | Posted in 1950s, horror, science fiction

Over time I have built up my Amazon.com wish list of various items knowing that I will never be able to afford or have room for most of what I’ve listed. Even so, there are several items that are a priority for me in adding to my collection, and for some time I have been […]

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SPLICE: Genetic Science Fiction/Horror Premiers in June

May 20th, 2010 | Posted in genetic engineering, horror, science fiction, Splice

Today various news outlets are reporting that a scientist and his team have created the first synthetic life form, in this instance the genome of a bacterium. Coincidentally, advertisements have begun for Splice,  a film that adds to the canon of horror and science fiction dealing with genetic manipulation. The film’s website includes the following […]

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MOON: Intelligent Sci-Fi Contributing to the Ascendancy of the Genre

May 17th, 2010 | Posted in Moon, science fiction

Every once in a while the process of working through a lot of cinema results in the finding of a gem that makes it all worth while. This is most certainly the case with MOON (2009), an independent science fiction film directed by Duncan Jones. MOON is set in the unspecified near future where Helium-3 […]

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